Abstract            Volume:11  Issue-9  Year-2023         Original Research Articles

Online ISSN : 2347 - 3215 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcret@gmail.com

In Ethiopia barley is widely grown by smallholders as a staple food and as a source of cash income. The cluster-based pre-scaling up of improved food barley variety was done at West Shewa Zone four districts (Elfeta, Toke kutaye, Ambo and Midakegn) with the objectives of popularizing advanced barley variety (HB1307) on large scale demonstration farming approach. A total of 127 farmers were participated on food barley production cluster in all districts with in 68 hectares of land. The technical skills of cluster groups on food barley variety (HB1307) production were improved through practical demonstrations and give trainings. The high-quality food barley variety named as “HB1307‟ variety with recommended agronomic practices was supplied for cluster groups by Ambo Agricultural Research Center. Based on food barley productivity potential and CSA data, the average yield obtained from the cluster was 2.9 tons/ha, which is more than the yield advantage using CSA data in the Zone, which is 2.89 tons/ha. This yield exceeds both the national average 2.6 tons/ha and the regional average 2.86 tons/ha CSA 2021). Therefore, scaling-out of the variety with full production packages should be carried by each district extension agents for similar agro-ecological areas through establishing and strengthening seed producer Cooperatives.

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